Child Education

Just found another of my articles posted online - feels good :-) from the site: "Does your child have a hobby? Im not talking about any video games or watching TV soaps, I mean an interesting hobby which will help them learn as well as keep them entertained for hours." - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

"Being the mother of 5 young children, I have found that family fun can be very costly."So I have become quite good at finding affordable and sometimes even free activities for us to do as a family. - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

Some good research why fathers should be involved in their child's education.". . . He concluded that the involvement of fathers is related to the preparedness of children for school. He explained that when fathers participate in the literacy activities with their children they break the barrier that is often seen when parents cannot give attention towards studies of their children at their homes due to low literacy and no help. When fathers become involved with their children’s education, they teach their children about the achievement with literacy, value of schooling and power of knowledge (also see Karther, 2002). - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

some interesting thoughts - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

"what should a teacher know about homeschooling, in their capacity as a professional?" - Summer via Bookmarklet

I think its much the same here in the UK, we have looked at homeschooling but there is not many resources freely available and I think there are a low percentage of people doing it. Maybe over time more people will see it as beneficial and as the demand for information grows, so will the supply. - Wayne Brewin

With Growing class sizes I think anytime spent in small groups building children's confidence is positive. Do they do this in other countries? - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

Why do they put our children through this and then employ useless companies to mark them that affect their school assessments? Teacher assessment is the best way forward. - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

Proof that parents creating a positive educational environment works - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

I asked a while ago whose responsibility it is for your child's education, parent or teacher? It seems, according to this survey, that not enough parents are taking their share of the responsibility of their #child's education. - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

Mike Adams has a great Podcast that I believe every parent should hear when it comes to ADHD and ADD. Sorry Wayne, I could not get the link in a comment to your post. - Sheryl Loch

Sheryl, this is a real eye opener and very scary, thanks for sharing it, the more people realise what type of drugs are being pushed on our kids the more we can do about it. - Wayne Brewin

Just came across this and thought it was interesting, a friend of mine has a child with ADHD and made me think what they go through and how I can help. - Wayne Brewin via Bookmarklet

Thank you for the room invite Wayne! I could answer your question with a hour long rant with what is wrong with parents, teachers, entire school systems, government control over all of this... But, instead I will keep it short. I am totally responsible for my child. I homeschool. People also need to understand (so I do not need to debate this later) We do not homeschool to shelter her from all the 'bad' things. We pulled her from public school because the system stinks! See, that was not so long. But, I will not promise that all comments will be this short. Good thing I do not type as fast as my mind or mouth can go! ;) - Sheryl Loch

Both, though I think parents hold a great responsibility than teachers. But not by much. - Summer

Good Luck with that Steve, I remember that whole experience, exciting but terrifying ;-) - Wayne Brewin